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REAL ESTATE @®[aE)-»n®Ê B UlLDERS :i-'2i lo:r; Vol. CII. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918 No.'l'3 in-.ĩ-----rz i:):U Fly Real Estate Flag in Liberty Loan Drive Realty Division Adopts Emblem for Subscribers of One-Half of One Per Cent. of Property Assessments THE flag decided upon by the Real Estate Division of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive to mark the properties throughout the City, the owners of which have sub- scribed one-half of one per cent. of the assessed value through the Real Estate Committee, is a beautiful emblem made of bimting of Red, White and Blue. This idea of having a dis- tinguishing flag to show that property owners were backing up soldiers "Over There" in a hundred per cent. manner, was the sug- gestion of Mr. Laurence McGuire, President of the Real Estate Board, and was enthusiastically adopted last week by the Loan Drive Committee, of which Mr. Alfred E. "Marling is chairman. The Record and Guide today prints the first picture of this flag, the design of which was made by Mr. Robert E. Simon and adppted at a meeting, on last Thursday, of the committee which had been appointed for this purpose. In the original design the triangular field is blue, with the letters "R. E." in white. There are seven stripes, four of which are red and three white. It is expected that the flag will be flown on all buildings of which the owners, lessees or occupants subscribe, through the Real Estate Division, one half of one per cent. of the assessed value of the building. The slogan of tlie Real Estate Loan Drivers will be "Fly the Real Estate Flag." The flags can only be obtained upon order from the Real Estate Division Headquarters in the rooms of the Real Estate Board, at No. 217 Broadway. The com- mittee will give to each subscriber a paper representa- tion of the flag, similar to the designs adapted for display in windows to shqw participation in previous bond drives. But if sub- scribers desire a bunting flag to fly outside of build- ings, they can obtam them from the committee, which will have a stack on hapd, at a small price. Determined to not only reach its quota of $2,500,000, but to exceed it as it did in the third loan campaign, the Real, Estate Division of the Liberty Loan, of which Alfred E. Marhng is the energetic chairman, will start today and keep going until the end of the campaign, three wecks hence. A hst of possible sub- scribers has been prepaifed and tabulated upon cards. and these have been dis- tributed among the team captains, who will in turn distribute them among the workers comprising t h e various teams. The team captains and their teams will assemble this morn- ing at the headquarters of the division ,in the rooms of the Real Estate Board, 217 Broadway, where they will be addressed by Chairman Marling and then sent out on their mission. Chairman Marling will be at the headquarters of the division every day to receive the reports of the team captains, to ofîer suggestions and to give advice on all matters brought to his attention by the captains. and the men comprising their teams. Each day's subscriptions will be tabulated and the figures shown on a large blackboard in the division headquarters, so that the workers can see just what is being done and how well they are succeeding in reach- ing thc quota allotted to the division. There will be a clcrical force and all necessary material for solicitors. HONORARY EMBLEM, Real Estate Division Foiirth Liberty Loan. By ALFRED E. MARLING AS Chairman of the Real Estate Division of the parcd, the names tabulated upon cards, and these have Fourth Liberty Loan Committee, it is a great been distributed ainong the various Team Captains. pleasure to testify to the splendid preliminary Everything is in readiness to make a vigorous start for work which has been done by the Steering Committee, the Drive on Saturday, the 28th of September. of which Mr. Robert E. Simon is chairman. The Committee has been greatly encouraged by re- A careful list of possible subscribers has been pre- ceiving in advance a number of substantial subscrip-